The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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For additional photography please visit my flickr page.
You can find my music on Jango (World & latin - Worldbeat) and at iTunes and most online stores.
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If you are coming to Oaxaca, please contact me for tours or advice.

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

The hereafter re me

My photo
Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Saturday, June 18, 2011

More immigration news.....

As a follow-up to yesterday's post, this story fills in some numbers and they are high. 
Full story from Noticiasnet.mx.

However, here are the numbers.
Oaxaca had the the second most people deported from El Norte in 2010, second only to Michiocan.
The headline says it all  "Seduce a 38 mil el sueño americano"  "The American dream seduces 38,000"
One percent of the Oaxacan population tried to get into the US.  One of every eleven people sent back is a oaxaqueño.  87 percent are men, 13 percent, women.
The last paragraph of the story indicates that the real number of oaxaqueños is 5.8 million, not the 3.8 million that the governmental census indicates, that there are 1.9 million people from Oaxaca living in the US.

As they say, "Keep moving.  Nothing to see here.  Just keep going."
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1 comment:

friseal said...

We live in Chicago and I have yet to meet anyone from Oaxaca. You can throw a rock a hit someone from Michoacan though. Chicago could due with more Oaxacan flavor, the whole Norteno culture thing can be "raro", lol

June 20, 2011 at 9:42 AM

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